Or the home runs in each of the first two games of the series. The Cubs don't have a player that has been consistently good offensively all year. All that said, 2, 3, 4, 5 in the order have left a lot to be desired. The biggest disappointment, to me, is Bregman.
Chicago Cubs 2026
I don’t understand them signing Bregman then and definitely not now. All you have done is block Shaw from playing everyday. After watching Bregman not hustle to first base in the last game I definitely don’t like the signing. What a waste of money! This is why I never get too excited about baseball versus the other sports. Too many fat contracts that are given out to players who are past their prime and will never live up to the money they make. They always get paid for what they have done and not what they will do. To make matters worse the team has to eat the contract in order to get rid of the underperforming player. No other sport does this.
Another day, another pitcher on the IL.
If not for yesterday, certainly for today!
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
The way 2B, 3B, and SS are tied up for a number of years with Hoerner, Bregman, and Swanson, Shaw will either be traded at some point or become either Suzuki's or Happ's replacement next season.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Is it just me or was the send of Swanson on the short fly ball by Busch one of the worst sends ever in the ninth?
we only had about a 5% chance on that . we needed an error on the thrower or the catcher for it to work
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
That is when you bluff by going 1/3-1/2 way.
89illini
- Grand Rapids, MI
Oops, sorry PCA, I made a bigger mistake forgetting there were 2 outs. Guess that’s why I’m not onn the roster.
Yep, I bet that's the reason. Third base coach would have reminded you.
This team…
April - 17-9, 5.58 runs/game
May - 13-16, 3.97 runs/game
June 16-10, 5.42 runs/game
April - 17-9, 5.58 runs/game
May - 13-16, 3.97 runs/game
June 16-10, 5.42 runs/game
The only thing that makes it make sense was that Mason Miller was pitching. Maybe they thought that that would be the last contact they would get.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I heard that argument made, but with no outs (one out after the pop fly was caught), the risk made no sense to me. In real time it looked like he had no shot, and he got gunned down by ten feet. But, hey, they won.
Miller has 66K's in 34.1 IP. 17.1 K's per 9
50% K% this season, and a hard hit rate of 17%. Opponents are slugging a pitiful .136 against him. He doesn't walk guys very often, and generates a lot of soft ground balls. (49% of balls in play are on the ground)
The chances of us getting decent contact twice weren't awesome... Pete is literally the only inherited runner all year, that has come in to score against him.
He has a great case for the best relief pitcher in baseball.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I understand the argument, but Swanson basically had almost a zero percent chance to score, and I like my chances better with one out and the bases still juiced.
I assume the depth is a bit easier to judge from the TV angle we get than standing by 3rd base on the field. Dansby is fast, but that dude threw a BB, right on the money. A bobble or on off-line throw could have made it close... It wasn't.
We were just fortunate Miller kept hanging sliders instead of throwing the gas... 6 of his 7 pitches were sliders, all up in the zone... The only FB he threw was 101, but missed badly.
Bears D really shut down the Chargers today. But I think the o is going to have to score more than 23 a game to make the playoffs.
Haha, I was going to ask if you could update the runs/game numbers you posted earlier.
Me checking the box score after being in meetings all afternoon.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
And the Sox just scored 22 the other day. Did the City start putting steroids in the Lake Michigan water?